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Desiring Machines: Mimetic Theory and Artificial Intelligence in Technology, Philosophy, Film, and Fiction

Contributor(s): Ryba, Thomas (Editor), Cowdell, Scott (Editor), Goodhart, Sandor (Editor), Fleming, Chris (Editor), Hodge, Joel (Editor)

ISBN: 9781350382732

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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Pub Date: December 11, 2025

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.94" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.67 lbs) 416 pages

Series: Violence, Desire, and the Sacred

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Description: Brings into dialogue Girardian thinking and critical issues arising in the field of artificial intelligence for the first time.

Brief description: Sandor Goodhart is Professor of English and Jewish Studies at Purdue University, USA. He is the author of editor of five books, including The Prophetic Law. Essays in Judaism, Girardianism, Literary Studies, and the Ethical (Michigan State University Press, 2014), Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution: Readings in Ancient Judaism and Christianity (co-edited with Ann Astell; Notre Dame University Press, 2011) and For René Girard. Essays in Friendship and Truth (co-edited with Jørgen Jørgenson, Tom Ryba, and James G. Williams; Michigan State University Press, 2009).

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